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5 Ways to Boost WordPress Performance
Monday, April 30th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE WordPress is one of the most popular blogging apps, likely because it is free and also relatively easy to use. That, however, does not mean you are guaranteed to get quality performance out of the blogging software. WordPress can be...

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How to Backup Your Blog’s MySQL Database
Thursday, April 26th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Most blogging web apps, such as WordPress, use databases to store their data. This means that while the words you type appear in HTML format when someone accesses the site, the information itself is actually stored in a database such...

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Does Web Design Affect Site Performance?
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE When evaluating website performance, users commonly look at traffic, server processing power, available RAM, caching techniques, PHP memory usage, database optimization, and many other aspects of web hosting. But web design is often overlooked when it comes to performance. Does...

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Speed Up Your Site with a WordPress Cache Plugin
Saturday, March 10th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Under a normal server load, WordPress is a fast and easy tool to publish blog posts and news articles. When the traffic gets thick, however, WordPress tends to get bogged down, and that can bring your website to a crawl....

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Will Any CMS Suffice for Blogging?
Monday, January 30th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Do a quick search on the web for content management systems and you will see that there are thousands out there, and most of them are free. Almost all of them have the basic features necessary to run a blog,...

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How Important Are WordPress Plugin Updates?
Thursday, January 12th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE In a previous post, we looked at WordPress plugins and asked how many plugins were too many to have on one blog. Another question that many may ask is: “How important are WordPress plugin updates?” WordPress is updated frequently enough,...

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Database Optimization for Your Blog
Thursday, December 8th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Blogs make use of content management systems that in turn depend on the combination of server-side scripting and databases. This allows bloggers to create dynamic content without needing to write HTML code every time they publish something. Over time, the...

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4 Ways to Minimize Download Bandwidth
Monday, November 28th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE One of the factors that often makes blogs more successful than standard websites is that they are constantly being updated. A blog has a stream of content from both the authors and the users who leave comments and even engage...

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How Many WordPress Plugins are Too Many?
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE This is a difficult question to answer. Almost all WordPress blogs will have at least a few plugins, but the number of plugins your blog can support may be determined by several factors. One thing is clear: too many plugins...

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3 Ways To Redirect Blog or Website Visitors
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Just like when you change your home address after a move, it is common for websites to change URLs. It may be because you have implemented some new SEO technology, switched to a different content management system, or simply changed...

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